Maldon United Reformed Church

Morning service: Cyril Clarke
2023-08-27 10:30 - 11:30 (Europe/London) | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Morning worship service led by Cyril Clarke

Cyril Clarke will be leading our morning service for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Cyril served as an Elder at the church for many years and is an experienced lay preacher.

Please note that as our tech team are enjoying their summer holidays, this service will not be broadcast on Zoom or YouTube – but you are very welcome to join us in person!

The morning worship service lasts around 50-60 minutes. We serve tea and coffee after the service.

Communion service: Rev Anne Sardeson
2023-09-03 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Morning Communion service led by our Minister, the Rev Anne Sardeson.

This morning service, which includes Communion, lasts around an hour. Communion features gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine and all are welcome to join.

Please note that as our tech team are enjoying their summer holidays, this service will not be broadcast on Zoom or YouTube. You are very welcome to join us in person! We serve tea and coffee after the service.

Joint morning service: at Burnham
2023-09-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Burnham URC, 53 Station Rd, Burnham-on-Crouch, CM0 8HF, United Kingdom
Joint service held at Burnham URC led by the Rev Anne Sardeson

There will be no morning service at Maldon URC today. Instead, we will be joining our sister church in Burnham for a joint pastorate service led by our Minister the Rev Anne Sardeson.

Please contact us if you would like to attend the service and we can help to arrange shared transport. This service will not be broadcast on Zoom or YouTube.

Refreshments will be served after the service.

Lunchtime Concert: Emmanuel Bach and Jenny Stern (violin and piano)
2023-09-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Emmanuel and Jenny will be playing sonatas by Mozart & Brahms, and Tzigane by Ravel.

Maldon Lunchtime Concerts are organised by CHURCHES TOGETHER in MALDON, as part of their community programme.

Concerts start at 1pm on the second Thursday of the month at the United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex (the church is on the right-hand side of Market Hill as you descend from the High Street). Coffee and tea are served from 12.15 pm onwards. The concerts received an international audience in 2017 reaching as far as the New York Post and beyond.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and to come and go as you wish. Full disabled access is available. The concerts are non-profit making; fees and costs are met by donations from the audience at the end of each performance.

We have a Steinway Model B grand piano which is used at our concerts together with the church’s video, lighting and sound facilities.

No entry fee or ticket required.

Morning service - led by Dot Dean
2023-09-17 10:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Morning worship service led by Mrs Dot Dean, an experienced and accredited Lay Preacher.

All are welcome to join us at 10.30am, the service will last around one hour.

Refreshments will be served after the service.

Harvest Festival - led by the Rev Anne Sardeson
2023-09-24 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Come and join us for a celebration of harvest, with hymns both traditional and modern, and thoughts on how we can protect the Earth for future generations.

All are welcome to join us for a service that lasts around an hour. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

Communion service led by Kay Beighton
2023-10-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Morning worship will include Communion (with non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread so everyone can take part).

The service will be led by Lay Preacher Kay Beighton and will last around an hour.

Refreshments will follow the service.

Morning worship led by the Rev Anne Sardeson
2023-10-08 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
All are welcome to join us for our regular Sunday morning worship, led by our minister the Rev Anne Sardeson. The service lasts around an hour.

The service is followed by refreshments.

Lunchtime Concert: Eleanor Meynell (piano)
2023-10-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Maldon Lunchtime Concerts are organised by CHURCHES TOGETHER in MALDON, as part of their community programme.

Concerts start at 1pm on the second Thursday of the month at the United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex (the church is on the right-hand side of Market Hill as you descend from the High Street). Coffee and tea are served from 12.15 pm onwards. The concerts received an international audience in 2017 reaching as far as the New York Post and beyond.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and to come and go as you wish. Full disabled access is available. The concerts are non-profit making; fees and costs are met by donations from the audience at the end of each performance.

We have a Steinway Model B grand piano which is used at our concerts together with the church’s video, lighting and sound facilities.

No entry fee or ticket required.

Morning worship led by Maria J Y Lee
2023-10-15 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
We welcome minister-in-training Maria J Y Lee to take her first service at Maldon.

The service will last around an hour and will be followed by refreshments.

Morning worship led by the Rev Graham Blyth
2023-10-22 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
This service of morning worship is led by the Rev Graham Blyth and will take around an hour. We will be serving refreshments after the service. As always, visitors are very welcome.

Let's Face the Music and Dance!
2023-10-22 16:00 - 18:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
A late afternoon of music with Richard Maison and the URC Singers presenting a programme celebrating the music of dance, from ballroom and ballet to pop.

Free admission with a retiring collection in aid of Breast Cancer UK.

Refreshments will be served in the interval.

Morning worship led by the Rev Anne Sardeson
2023-10-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Our minister the Rev Anne Sardeson will be leading morning worship which usually lasts around an hour. Refreshments will be served after the service.

Community in a Cup
2023-10-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Everyone is welcome at Community in a Cup, in association with Longfields Medical Centre.

You’ll find a chance to chat and make new friends, try your hand at some crafts, and find out about the support that is available in the local community.

Admission is free and there are free refreshments. No need to book, just come along at any time during the session.

Community in a Cup is generally held on the last Tuesday of the month.

Communion service led by the Rev Anne Sardeson
2023-11-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Everyone is welcome to our morning worship, which includes Communion.

The service is led by our minister, the Rev Anne Sardeson.

Communion is celebrated with gluten-free bread and alcohol-free wine – everyone is invited to join in.

The service lasts around an hour and refreshments are served afterwords.

Lunchtime Concert: Ruth Young and Ian Ray (flute & piano)
2023-11-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Ruth is a familiar face at our concerts and we welcome her and Ian back today.

Maldon Lunchtime Concerts are organised by CHURCHES TOGETHER in MALDON, as part of their community programme.

Concerts start at 1pm on the second Thursday of the month at the United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex (the church is on the right-hand side of Market Hill as you descend from the High Street). Coffee and tea are served from 12.15 pm onwards. The concerts received an international audience in 2017 reaching as far as the New York Post and beyond.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and to come and go as you wish. Full disabled access is available. The concerts are non-profit making; fees and costs are met by donations from the audience at the end of each performance.

We have a Steinway Model B grand piano which is used at our concerts together with the church’s video, lighting and sound facilities.

No entry fee or ticket required.

Morning worship on Remembrance Day
2023-11-12 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
A service of morning worship on Remembrance Day, led by our minister the Rev Anne Sardeson.

In a world that is still filled with conflict and war, we remember the past and pray for the future.

The service will last around an hour and will be followed by refreshments.

Morning worship led by Ian Hardie
2023-11-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Ian Hardie, from Witham United Reformed Church, leads us in our morning worship.

The service will last around an hour and will be followed by refreshments.

Taize service
2023-11-19 17:00 - 17:45 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Come and join us for a gentle, meditative service using the songs and chants from Taize. All are very welcome to enjoy this short, peaceful afternoon/early evening service.

Morning worship led by Dot Dean
2023-11-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Accredited lay preacher Mrs Dot Dean leads our service of morning worship today.

The service will last around an hour and refreshments will be served afterwards.

Community in a Cup
2023-11-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Essex

Communion service led by the Rev Graham Blyth
2023-12-03 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
It’s the first Sunday in Advent, and the exciting lead up to the Christmas celebrations begins with our morning worship service led by the Rev Graham Blyth.

Communion will be celebrated during the service and all are welcome to take part. We use gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine.

The service will last around an hour and refreshments will be served afterwards.

Free Advent Concert - Celebrate the season!
2023-12-03 16:30 - 18:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Come along and celebrate the start of the Christmas season with our friendly and informal Advent Concert.

Music will be provided by the Maldon Youth Orchestra, the URC singers and special guest performers including Steve Watterston on Highland Bagpipes, Tony Morrell on guitar and vocals and the Rev Anne Sardeson on cornet. Plus the talented Richard Maison on the grand piano.

Expect to hear some Christmas favourites, old and new, from traditional carols to famous Christmas songs, plus some surprises along the way.

Refreshments, including mince pies, will be served. Doors open at 4pm for a 4.30pm start. Admission is free, with a retiring collection for CHESS Chelmsford Homeless Charity.

Melodies for Memories - Sing-along for people with Dementia
2023-12-05 14:30 - 15:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
A brand new monthly activity for people living with dementia and their carers!

Familiar music is proven to unlock memories and promote wellbeing in those with Alzheimer’s and similar conditions. In this new venture, talented pianist and URC Singing Group leader Richard Maison invites you to join him for a sing-along, with the focus this month on familiar and much-loved carols.

Join Richard and the team from Maldon District Dementia Friendly Community around the grand piano for a trip to Christmas past, rolling back the years with familiar festive music.

There is no charge for this activity and no need to book, just turn up and join in.

For more information call 07940 23160 or email maldondistrictdfc.enquiry@gmail.com.

Free Children's Christmas Crafts
2023-12-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Maldon URC Hall, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
It’s back! Our fantastic children’s craft event opens its doors again for lots of crafty, creative Christmas fun!

The event is suitable for children from toddlers to approximately year seven. Children aged five and under must be accompanied by an over-16 at all times. Older children can be left subject to numbers.

Arts and crafts are free, and there are free hot and cold drinks, mince pies and biscuits for participants and adults. Come along and make some special memories and take home Christmas items the kids have made to decorate your home!

There’s no need to book, just come along and join in for the whole session or drop in when you can!

Second Sunday in Advent
2023-12-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
Our Minister, the Rev Anne Sardeson will be helping us to get ready for Christmas in our morning worship service for the Second Sunday of Advent.

The service will last around an hour and refreshments are served afterwards.

Lunchtime Concert: Carols and Readings (piano and audience participation)
2023-12-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
This month’s Lunchtime Concert will be a celebration of Christmas with carols and readings – and a chance for audience participation.

Maldon Court Preparatory School Choir will be there to lead the singing of the traditional carols, and Richard Maison will be at the grand piano.

Join us from 12.15 for tea or coffee and a mince pie, and as always, you are welcome to bring your lunch. The carols will start at 1pm and finish by 2pm to fit in with office lunch break.

There will be a retiring donation in aid of CHESS Chelmsford Homeless Charity.

Maldon Lunchtime Concerts are organised by CHURCHES TOGETHER in MALDON, as part of their community programme.

Concerts start at 1pm on the second Thursday of the month at the United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex (the church is on the right-hand side of Market Hill as you descend from the High Street). Coffee and tea are served from 12.15 pm onwards. The concerts received an international audience in 2017 reaching as far as the New York Post and beyond.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and to come and go as you wish. Full disabled access is available. The concerts are non-profit making; fees and costs are met by donations from the audience at the end of each performance.

We have a Steinway Model B grand piano which is used at our concerts together with the church’s video, lighting and sound facilities.

No entry fee or ticket required.

Third Sunday in Advent
2023-12-17 10:30 - 11:30 | Essex
The Rev David Skipp will be leading our morning worship for the third Sunday in Advent, as Christmas draws nearer.

Expect some modern worship songs for Advent as we think about how to prepare ourselves for the season.

The service will last around an our and you are welcome to join us for refreshments afterwards.

Fourth Sunday in Advent
2023-12-24 10:30 - 11:30 | Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ, United Kingdom
It’s Christmas Eve, so if you haven’t bought it, made it, cleaned it or iced it then it is probably too late! So take some time for a little calm, and come along and listen to the Rev Anne Sardeson’s Christmas message.

Our morning worship service will last around an hour and refreshments will be served after the service.

Take a moment out of your busy week to reflect on the reason behind all the celebrations!

Joint morning worship at the Salvation Army
2023-12-31 10:30 - 11:30 | Salvation Army Citadel, 12 Wantz Road, Maldon, CM9 5DE, United Kingdom
For our last service of 2023 we will be joining together in worship with our friends at the Salvation Army.

The service will take place at the Salvation Army church in Wantz Road. The venue is wheelchair accessible and all are assured of a very warm welcome. There will be no service in the URC today.
